May 2008
33 posts
“But like millions of other players I will happily spend untold hours cruising...”
– Grand Theft Auto IV: Dystopian Liberty City - New York Times
April 2008
50 posts
I could be giving myself a little Twiter snooze...
My attention has been getting fragmented quite a bit and I need to focus on some things without the distractions. This either means you might not hear much from me on twitter…or, check me out on BriteKite.
TwitterSnooze! v0.1 →
This could really come in handy. Found this morning on twitter h/t @pistachio The inspiration: merlin: Every social site with “friends” functionality needs a per-friend “snooze” functionality, along the lines of: When I’m logged-in, silently hide all new [tweets | journal entries | photos | links | foo] by this friend for n days Whether it’s necessitated by an overblogged conference, a...
“I am writing to let you know that one of your photos with a
Creative Commons...”
– I’ve been Schmaped. I have not seen this “Map Guide” before. But it is available online as well as a desktop app. I said yes to being included cause it does look interesting. Check back in late May to see what happens.
Regina Spektor - Apres Moi
Soaring to Success the Low-Tech Way |... →
A good blog post can change your whole outlook. If you can get over all your shit-talking about BHB, maybe what you might want to try and do is utilize the individual RSS Feeds they have offered up for readers. The contributors are dropping pearls every single day.
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Little known Flickr fact:
If your post a beautiful home to your account late in the evening, Russian Mail order brides will ping you. …and if you’re lucky. You might even get a German death metal fan.
...as commented on the Inman blog post today
I feel both lucky and unlucky when heading to the pump. Being as San Francisco is roughly 7X7 miles square, I don’t burn through fuel a whole lot. On the other hand, when I do fill up, I believe we have to be of the highest in the nation when it comes to gas prices. Just yesterday it was $4.33 per gallon for premium. Were I do feel it is in deciding to fly or drive on weekend trips and...
2 bedroom; Close to MUNI; NO Dogs; 21 Birds OK →
Anyone who lives in the city knows it can be difficult to find a pet-friendly apartment. My landlord ok’d my dog, since he is “smaller than a cat”. Personally, as a lover of animals, I think…
Getting baked before shooting AKs at the Taliban:... →
Wired defense technology blogger Noah Shachtman says,
Smoking weed can improve your performance in all sorts of activities — from playing reggae music to watching Battlestar…
Party Like it’s Friday! Beale Street Bar and... →
Greetings dear readers! I’m happy to present to you a weekly addition to SF Metblogs! Every Wednesday, I’ll pick a bar to write about and present my take and experience in hopes of giving you…
World food crisis roundup (Ablogistan) →
Spring fever renders me unfit to tackle big issues... →
Teri, I somehow knew the subject matter was right up your alley… Yeah. Well. There are always heavy duty posts on Bloodhound and I do my best to keep up. Lately, I’ve been percolating my own brand of seriousness. Here’s what I’ve been thinking about: Web 2.0 is…
Brainpower Rankings of the top 100 metros
I apparently lost at the battle for hometown brainpower today. I found this out via email from my wife (she loves everything about stats and rankings.) Read em and weep: Memphis comes in at 82 as Fresno barely squeaks in at 93. Good thing we have convened in the brainy City By the Bay which makes it up the the top 10 at #6.
Access Denied: report on Internet censorship... →
A new exhaustive study called “Access Denied” tells the whole story of Internet censorship around the world:
Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to…
Google is Making Its Impact Felt in the Mapping... →
First, on Monday, it was announced that the KML format is now an international standard supported by the Open Geospatial Consortium. Google Earth Blog coverage - Google Earth’s KML Now…
Bitching is the killer app for Twitter →
It sucks. It blows. It’s useless. It’s too expensive. It feels too cheap. It doesn’t do enough. It’s too complex. They don’t care. Bitching is such a succinct form of expression. It doesn’t require…
“Maybe there is a deeper yearning out there for freedom from choice.”
– Peter Gabriel offers Filter to cut online clutter (via jeffturner) I like the idea of anything filtering out the junk while I search for common items on the web (bring it on!) Just signed up to test , BC 